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Meaning of disk in English

disk
noun [ C ]
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/dɪsk/ us
/dɪsk/
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B1
a flat, circular device that is used for storing information:
Put the disk into the drive.
I saved the photos onto a disk for you.
a digital/audio/magnetic/optical disk
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floppy noun
hard drive
B2 US (UK disc)
a circular flat object:
The dog's name was engraved on a little metal disk attached to its collar.
B1 US
another spelling of disc
 
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(Definition of disk from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

disk | American Dictionary

disk
noun [ C ]
(also disc)
us
/dɪsk/
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a flat, circular object:
The dog’s name is on a metal disk attached to its collar.
A disk is also a small piece of cartilage (= strong, elastic body tissue) between the bones of a person’s back.
A disk is also a flat, circular device that is used for storing information:
a hard disk
(Definition of disk from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

disk | Business English

disk
noun [ C ]
  IT   ( UK also disc)
uk
/dɪsk/ us
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(also magnetic disk)
a flat circular piece of metal or plastic used for storing information on a computer:
a computer/back-up disk The data has been automatically stored on a back-up disk.
This information can be accessed online as well as on disk.
disk space/storage Its more advanced features include disk compression to save disk space.
transfer/copy/save sth to (a) disk
mainly US disc

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compact disc
floppy disk
hard disk
(Definition of disk from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of disk

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Figure 8 shows an example involving five initial disks, all of radius 1, that possesses no symmetry.
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Since each disk has two shear surfaces, there are altogether eight shear areas in the system.
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Individual video images were subsequently transferred on to the hard disk of the host computer.
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Therefore, a knowledge as accurate as possible of the radiative transfer inside disks is a prerequisite for their modelling.
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If this separates the surface, identifying the cut in one piece with the boundary of a disk produces a map on some surface.
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The traces of the color signals on the disk vary widely as a consequence of the interaction with the surface points in the scene.
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A real innovation here is the publication of this calendar in electronic form on a floppy disk.
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Documents used on one occasion and stored on computer hard disks are often copied and used again later on similar occasions with due alterations.
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Both programs can read write files to and from disk.
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Sound files of electroacoustic materials (including synthesised sounds and recordings) were reproduced from computer disk or memory.
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The second result concerns covering a triangle with four disks, one each around the three vertices and the circumcentre.
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An accretion disk with vertical structure around a young stellar object is investigated, considering anomalous magnetic viscosity.
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The third chapter on the search for extrasolar planets discusses the different search methods and includes a section on circumstellar disk observations.
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Additional work is necessary to unravel the neurotransmitter, neuromodulatory, and 0or intracellular mechanisms that regulate the triggering and timing of outer segment disk shedding.
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The same was true of patients with herniated disks, whose enthusiasm for back surgery was reduced after watching an interactive video (18).
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Translations of disk

in Chinese (Traditional)
（電腦）磁碟，光碟, 圓盤，盤狀物, 唱碟…
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（计算机）磁盘，光盘, 圆盘，盘状物, 唱盘…
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disco, disco [masculine], hernia [feminine]…
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disco, disco [masculine], disquete [masculine]…
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एक सपाट, वर्तुळाकार उपकरण जे माहिती साठविण्यासाठी वापरले जाते…
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（コンピュータ）ディスク, レコード, CD…
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disk, üzerine elektronik ortamda kayıp yapılabilen bilgisayar diski…
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disque [masculine]…
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డిస్క్, సమాచారాన్ని నిల్వ చేయడానికి ఉపయోగించే నునుపైన, వృత్తాకార పరికరం…
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ஒரு தட்டையான, வட்ட சாதனம் இது தகவல் சேமிப்பதற்க்காக பயன்படுத்தப்படுகிறது…
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(जानकारी संग्रहित कर रखने के लिए एक) डिस्क…
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ডিস্ক…
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એક સપાટ, ગોળાકાર ઉપકરણ જેનો ઉપયોગ માહિતી સંગ્રહ કરવા માટે થાય છે.…
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skive [masculine], disk [masculine], plate [masculine]…
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(컴퓨터)디스크, 디스크, 음반…
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ڈِسک (ایک چپٹی دائرہ نما شےجو معلومات کو ذخیرہ کرنے کے لئے استعمال ہوتی ہے)…
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disco…
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